While the loss of Weiner’s seat in NY has much to do with that disgraced congressman’s unseemly exit, when you combine this with the loss of another seat in Nevada, and the pitiful selection of presidential candidates trotted out by the Republicans, on…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Two Polls, Two Stories
Let’s start with the good news: a Forum Research poll shows the PCs plummeting to John Tory lows in Toronto, sitting at just 24% of decided voters. McGuinty’s Liberals sit with 39%, and Andrea Horwath’s NDP sit with 30%.Overall, that would lead to a 17…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Want to Sway Climate Change Skeptics? Ask About Their Personal Strengths (And Show Pictures!)
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Readers of my posts over the last half year will be familiar with the phenomenon of motivated reasoning, in which people’s subcons…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Dipper candidate screwed by Tory election law mess #nlpoli
New Democrat candidate George Murphy is being accused of breaking the province’s election finance laws Murphy’s chief financial officer sent out an e-mail soliciting donations for Murphy’s campaign in the upcoming election. But that goes agains…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Seamless Transition: Pentagon Spokesman Geoff Morrell Moves to BP America
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Last week, BP America hired former Department of Defense spokesman, Geoff Morrell, as its head of communications.
The move sheds light on the central tenet of American natio…
Wise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for September 14, 2011
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Lawyer turns topless dancer to pay the bills – MSNBChttp://goo.gl/uknZmMan opens fire in Arkansas court, is killed by police -http://goo.gl/jrrWNMore secure passports coming next year – http…
Continue readingOntario NDP can take Toronto!
Good news for Ontario NDP. Its safe to vote NDP in Toronto! In fact you are likely to better than you have in years if current trend continues. Read new poll results below.
The Ontario Election is getting very interesting. The Hudak team has see…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Happiness, Equality and Security – The True Measures of a Society; not GDP.
The ongoing media campaign to make the economy the monofocus of our societies continues on unabated. Do almost any news search and you will see economic principles overlaid and tied to the idea that somehow they are related to how healthy and how “good” a society actually is. Economic health is but one part […]
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4036…We’re Number Three!
Miracle worker Tim Hudak has taken his lead in Toronto and inverted it.Way to go Mr. Hudak!You’re number three!WFDS
Continue readingMorton's Musings: PCs plummet while Liberals climb
Such a huge and rapid drop suggests to me the electorate's view is unstable. Which means Hudak can still turn it around, especially with the debate ahead. But but but he has a much bigger task ahead than he expected.
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The World Famous Dan Shields: 4035…Tim Hudak Is A Buffalo Bills Fan
We all know how well the four time Super Bowl losers do in the big game.They choke.Tim Hudak would have been a great Buffalo Bill.WFDS
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4034…Canada!
They/we snuck into the Rugby World Cup and now this!My Facebook and real world friend Rodney Dewey Berg tells me that Canada beat Tonga 25 to 20.Any given Sunday.WFDS
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: How Long?
In the wake of this past weekend’s 911 memorials, Lawrence Martin asks a question which some might consider heresy:How long is America going to be held hostage to what happened that day? How long, owing to our modern dial-a-threat form of so-called war…
Continue readingwmtc: straight goods, advertising and propaganda
In case you missed it last week, my post on advertising and propaganda is running on Straight Goods. If you haven’t seen it, I hope you’ll give it a read. Comments best posted on the original thread.
Continue readingFar and Wide: Say Anything
Let’s keep it real, politicians are forever exaggerating, downplaying, even misrepresenting on occasion, all in the name of projecting a subjective truth that speaks to self interest. This reality partially explains voter cynicism, we see our elected o…
Continue readingwmtc: back to school
My classes resume today, my third year of four, fifth term of eight. I’ve been dreading this for weeks, but for the past few days, the dread has been overwhelming. I’m halfway done with the program, but for some reason, the start of this school year fe…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: What We Can Accomplish When We Work Together
While the gospel of the right-wing extols selfish individualism in which we worry only about our own well-being, this video of a dramatic rescue by a group of ordinary citizens shows up what we can accomplish together:Recommend this Post
Continue readinggay persons of color: Over 20,000 pages of Roman Catholic sexual abuse evidence delivered to ICC
Several boxes containing over 20,000 pages of evidence were delivered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) Tuesday in The Hague in a move to begin an investigation of Pope Benedict XVI (pictured above) and three cardinals – Angelo Sodano, Tarcisio…
Continue readingThe Skwib: Technological singularity support
I’m torn on this idea. On one hand, I’d be really happy for my Dad to still be around for the singularity. On the other hand, I’m not happy about the idea of the singularity.
Alltop is biding its time until it takes over.